FRISCO — The champions of Mexico brought their most dangerous weapons to Texas. But that wasn’t who shot down FC Dallas.

Young guns Emilio Orrantia, Eduardo Aguirre and David Izazola blasted FCD out of first place in the CONCACAF Champions League Group C, combining for two goals in the final minutes to lead Pumas UNAM to a 2-0 victory Wednesday night.

Long after star striker Martin Bravo, Juan Francisco Palencia and David Cabrera had left the game, the players who replaced them — with an average age of 20.7 — used their fresh legs to race past the tiring FCD defense for a victory that avenged Pumas’ home loss in the CCL group opener.

The win also put the Mexican side into a tie with FCD atop the standings with seven points. Pumas owns the tiebreaker on goal differential.

“They came in here with a lot to prove after losing at home,” FCD defender Ugo Ihemelu said. “They had a lot of pressure on them, and they are a quality team. When you give a team like that opportunities in the box, usually they are going to take advantage of it, and that is exactly what they did.”

They did it by placing a target squarely on FCD’s Jeremy Hall, who replaced suspended starter Jair Benitez at left back.

When Orrantia was inserted on the right wing to open the second half, the swift 20-year-old quickly became the focus of the Pumas attack, racing past Hall with ease, firing shots at Kevin Hartman and setting up scoring chances with crosses in front of the goal.

FC Dallas’ defense, led by an impenetrable performance by George John, almost held up long enough. But in the 84th minute, Orrantia blew by an exhausted Hall once more and fired a cross to the foot of the 23-year-old Aguirre, who had slipped behind center back Jack Stewart into the clear. Aguirre, who had taken over at striker for Bravo, buried the ball into the net behind a helpless Hartman.

“He’s a good player, very explosive,” Hall said of Orrantia. “He had me on that first step, and when he got in behind me, it was hard to get back to get him.”

Orrantia beat Hall again in stoppage time and fed 19-year-old Izazola for the clincher.

Around the 40th minute, FC Dallas’ Jackson Goncalves got into a wrestling match with Pumas’ Luis Fuentes in the midfield. After play was stopped, Fuentes head-butted Jackson, who fired back by slapping Fuentes in the face and swinging an elbow. Both were ejected, leaving a 10-on-10 game with more open space to run.

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